"I am no longer afraid": A case study on the musical communication of trauma in narrative film and television
| dc.contributor.author | McGlynn, James Denis | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-03T08:51:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-03T08:51:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-06-03T08:44:03Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In Hollywood film and narrative television, we often see filmmakers bestow narratives of personal tragedy, trauma and loss upon their protagonists. Whether or not this is seen as a time-tested and efficient literary device or as a hackneyed and superficial representation of trauma, it is undeniably one of the most recurrent tropes of characterization in narrative film. Exploring the traumatic past of a troubled protagonist is routinely used as an attempt to enhance audiences’ understanding of a character, affording us insights into their motivations, flaws and desires. Such narratives are equally used to account for the actions of unpardonable antagonists and antiheroes as Jeffrey Bullins reminds us [1] and, quite often, this “dark and troubled past” idiom simply serves filmmakers as a convenient means of narrative exposition. Pelin Başci describes this latter quality and the intersecting narrative frames it can afford a film, whereby diary entries, therapy sessions and other... | en |
| dc.description.status | Not peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | McGlynn, J. D. (2021) '"I am no longer afraid": A Case Study on the Musical Communication of Trauma in Narrative Film and Television', Journal Of Popular Music Studies, 33, pp. 43-49. doi: 10.1525/jpms.2021.33.4.43 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1525/jpms.2021.33.4.43 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 49 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1524-2226 | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Journal Of Popular Music Studies | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 43 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/13283 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 33 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of California Press | en |
| dc.rights | © 2021, by The Regents of the University of California. | en |
| dc.subject | Film music | en |
| dc.subject | Film scores | en |
| dc.title | "I am no longer afraid": A case study on the musical communication of trauma in narrative film and television | en |
| dc.type | Article (non peer-reviewed) | en |
